The 2012 season will run from July 3rd to December 1st. That’s 5 months of weekly vegetables.

A weekly share for the season is $500. It breaks down to $25/week for a share that includes 6 – 10 varieties of vegetables, 1 bunch culinary herbs, 1 bunch tea herbs, and a bouquet of cut flowers. The share includes approximately enough vegetables for an omnivore family of 4 to enjoy a vegetable side dish with most meals throughout the week.

The variety of vegetables included in the share will ebb and flow with the natural availability throughout the season. A few samples of what a Spring/Summer Share would look like:

Midge CSA is YOU buying vegetables from ME. Who am I? I’m a current full time employee and former intern at Green String Farm in Petaluma, CA. I’ve been working on farms for 3 years now in different capacities. On Long Island in New York as a Farm Stand Manager and on-site CSA coordinator, in Willits at Emandal farm as a Cook (2010) and a Gardener (2011).

This season (2012) I will be growing roughly 50 -75 varieties of vegetables naturally (without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides) on 1/2 to 3/4 acres of land on Green String Farm in Petaluma, CA. I am starting small with my CSA called Midge CSA (after my nickname, Midge) offering 20 weekly shares to begin with, hopefully to expand next season.

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. The most concise definition I have found so far:

“In basic terms, CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, spiritually, the community’s farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production. Typically, members or “share-holders” of the farm or garden pledge in advance to cover the anticipated costs of the farm operation and farmer’s salary. In return, they receive shares in the farm’s bounty throughout the growing season, as well as satisfaction gained from reconnecting to the land and participating directly in food production. Members also share in the risks of farming, including poor harvests due to unfavorable weather or pests. By direct sales to community members, who have provided the farmer with working capital in advance, growers receive better prices for their crops, gain some financial security, and are relieved of much of the burden of marketing.” (http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/csa/csadef.shtml)